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Internet Safety - Internet Safety for Children

Publications

Protecting Kids' Privacy
Federal Trade Commission, January 2009

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies: Final Report of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force to the Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking of State Attorneys General of the United States
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, December 2008

Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008

Electronic Aggression (Podcast)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, November 2007

Children and Privacy Online
Federal Trade Commission, September 2007

Social Networking Sites: A Parent's Guide
Federal Trade Commission, April 2007

Implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: A Report to Congress
Federal Trade Commission, February 2007

How to Comply With The Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule
Federal Trade Commission, June 2006

Child Pornography on the Internet
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, May 2006

Project Safe Childhood: Protecting Children from Online Exploitation and Abuse
U.S. Department of Justice, May 2006

Social Networking Sites: Safety Tips for Tweens and Teens
Federal Trade Commission, May 2006

Statement of Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Concerning Sexual Exploitation of Children over the Internet: What Parents, Kids and Congress Need to Know About Child Predators
U.S. Department of Justice, May 2006

Keeping Kids Safe Online: Advice from an FBI Cyber Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation, April 2006

Social Networking Sites: Online Friendships Can Mean Offline Peril
Federal Bureau of Investigation, April 2006

Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, 2006

Child Pornography: Patterns From NIBRS
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2004


Related Resources

Children's Privacy
This section of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) site provides online privacy guidelines and resources for kids, parents, and educators.

Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC)
The CSEC page highlights programs and efforts supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to address the commercial exploitation of children and assist its victims.

Crimes Against Children Research Center
Funded in part by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Crimes against Children Research Center serves to combat crimes against children by providing research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement, and other child welfare personnel.

Enough is Enough
Sponsored in part by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the mission of Enough Is Enough is to make the Internet safer for children and families.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Cyber Investigations
The FBI works to prevent criminals, sexual predators, and others intent on malicious destruction from using the Internet and online services to steal from, defraud, and otherwise victimize citizens, businesses, and communities.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Innocent Images National Initiative
The initiative, a component of the FBI's Cyber Crimes Program, is an intelligence-driven, proactive, multiagency investigative initiative to combat the proliferation of child pornography/child sexual exploitation facilitated by an online computer.

i-SAFE
Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere.

INOBTR
In partnership with government and private citizens, INOBTR (“I Know Better”) promotes awareness and educates children, parents and teachers to reduce the chance of children becoming victims of Internet crimes.

Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program
Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the ICAC Task Force Program was created to help State and local law enforcement agencies enhance their investigative response to offenders who use the Internet, online communication systems, or other computer technology to sexually exploit children.

Internet Keep Safe Coalition
The Internet Keep Safe Coalition is a broad partnership of governors and/or first spouses, attorneys general, public health and educational professionals, law enforcement, and industry leaders working together for the health and safety of youth online.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
The NCMEC mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children; and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.

NetSmartz
Sponsored by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, NetSmartz is an Internet, safety-education resource for children (5-17), parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
OJJDP rovides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.

OnGuard Online
This Web site provides practical tips from the federal government and technology industry to help consumers guard against Internet fraud, secure their computers, and protect personal information.

Project Safe Childhood (PSC)
This U.S. Department of Justice initiative combats the use of computers for the purposes of sexual exploitation crimes against children. It aims to investigate and prosecute offenders, as well as protect and assist victimized children. Examples of PSC public awareness campaigns include the following:

U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology
This site contains Internet safety and technology education information for parents and teachers.

U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)
The mission of the CEOS is to protect the welfare of America's children and communities by enforcing federal criminal statutes relating to the exploitation of children and obscenity.

Web Wise Kids
Web Wise Kids offers fun, challenging and interactive simulations based on real-life criminal cases, focusing on issues like piracy, fraud, online romances, bullying, social networking, blogging, cyber stalking, online predators, identity theft and more.

WiredSafety
WiredSafety.org provides one-to-one help, extensive information, and education to cyberspace users of all ages on a myriad of Internet and interactive technology safety issues.


Links from the NCJRS Web site to non-Federal sites do not constitute an endorsement by NCJRS or its sponsors. NCJRS is not responsible for the content or privacy policy of any off-site pages that are referenced, nor does NCJRS guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or correct sequencing of information. NCJRS is also not responsible for the use of, or results obtained from the use of, the information. It is the responsibility of the user to evaluate the content and usefulness of information obtained from non-Federal sites.

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Last updated on: 10/26/2009



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